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(No-Model.)

G. B. PITTAVINO. STOCK AND BARREL EXTENSION FOR PISTOLS 0R REVOLVERS.

No. 570,145. Patented Oct. 27, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

GIOVANI BATISTA PITTA'VINO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOCK AND BARREL EXTENSION FOR PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,145, dated October27, 1896.

Application filed November 14,1895. Serial No- 568,885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, GIOVANI BATISTA PITTA- VINO, a citizen of France, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guns, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to rifles or similar guns, and particularly totarget-rifles, and the object thereof is to provide a device of thisclass which may be taken apart and put together in compact form and forpurposes of transportation, etc. 5 and the invention consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aside view of my improved rifle; Fig. 2, a side view with the barrelportion thereof detached and also the stock, said stock and the frame,including the lock mechanism and a portion of the barrel, being placedtogether for transportation or packing purposes. Figs. 3, 4, and 5represent separate sections of the barrel. Figs. 6 and 7 represent theinner ends of the sections shown in Figs. 3 and 4C, and Fig. 8 is atransverse section on the line 8 8 of Fig. '7.

In the practice of my invention lprovide a grip-piece A, in which thelock mechanism is placed, and said grip-piece is provided with onesection of the barrel, as shown at B in Fig. 2.

The barrel of inyimproved rifle is composed of three sectionsindependent of the section B, the first of which is shown at D, Fig. 3,the second at G, Fig. 4, and the third at 11, Fig. 5. The inner end ofthe section D is shown in Fig. 6 and the inner end of the section G inFig. '7.

The section D is provided with two extensions d and cl and the sectionGwith an extension g, and these parts are placed together in thefollowing manner: The larger end of the section D is passed over thesection B, which is secured to the frame, and then by turning saidsection the parts are locked together by a bayonet-joint composed of twoparts, one of which is connected with the frame A, as shown at a, andthe other with theinner end of the section D, as shown at a.

The part a of the bayonet-joint which unites the section D with thesection B consists simply of a segmental lug which is adapted to beturned into engagement with a shoulder or projection formed 011 the parta.

The section Gis connected with the section D by being slipped over theextension (1 thereof, and said parts are connected substantially in thesame manner as the sections D and B by means of a bayonet-joint composedof two parts, the first of which, is sooured to the extension (Z of thepart D and is provided with a forwardly-directed extension having ashoulder g and the second of which consists of a lug or shoulder 9formed on the part G, which is adapted to operate in connection with theshoulder g and the part II of the barrel is connected with the part G bybeing slipped over the extension 9 and se cured in place by means of abayonet-joint similar to that which unites the parts D and G.

As thus constructed itwill be seen that the separate sections of thebarrel may be formed and securely united so as to constitute a singlebarrel, and the means by which said sections are united render thebarrel as strong and rigid as though formed of a single piece. I alsoemploy a stock which is composed of wire, as shown at K, Fig. 1, saidwire being bent into the usual form and provided at its inner'end with asegmental piece 75, from which project two pins 7;, which are adapted toenter slots 7t, formed in the grip-piece A, and secured to the lowerside of the inner end of the shoulder-piece is a segmental spring-arm M,which is adapted to be swung into position beneath the end of thegrip-piece A, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and which, when the parts areseparated, maybe folded backward into the position shown in Fig. 2. Bymeans of this construction the stock may be connected with or detachedfrom the frame or grip-piece whenever desired, and, as will be seen,when the parts are separated, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, l, and 5, they maybe packed in compact form, so as to be placed in a small case or otherreceptacle.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of parts herein shown and described, and I therefore reservethe right to make all such alterations therein and modifications thereofas fairly come within the scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent A rifle or other gunconstructed as herein shown and described, consisting of a stockprovided with a pivoted spring-arm adapted to form an auxiliary supportfor the rifleframe with a rigidly-attached barrel-section,

